Stricture stretching round 2

Just about to take the second package of Pico Salex in preparation for tomorrow's appt to have my stricture stretched again. Last time, my amazing GI was able to stretch it a little but not enough to get the scope through.

So tomorrow we are going to try again in hopes of avoiding surgery for a little while. I am not naive...I know that surgery is almost unavoidable but we have to try.......

The Humira has reduced all other inflammation and the other two strictures but this darn scar tissue is causing me grief. For one little centimeter, it sure has been life altering! Trying to stay positive and hope that it works enough to get me through the next six to ten months without surgery! I want to be able to explore Frankfurt and Paris in November without being in recovery from surgery.

Needing some positive thoughts and energy for tomorrow. Thanks!

I thought just like you two. I will try everything before surgery. Humira didn't work on me and neither did the other drugs. Even tried trial drugs to get the latest and greatest. Well I severly suffered 5 yrs wishing I would just die most of the time.

I guess I had to get low enough to appreciate the chance for surgery and even then it wasn't until they found cancer in the rectum that I gave up and had the surgery. Got my life back!!

I can't believe I wasted 5 yrs. wishing to die. I couldn't work or play or run. The surgery was great! The pouch gets in the way once in a while and it took me awhile to get the hang of it all, but I did a marathon this Spring and 3 half Ironman distance triathlons this summer. Hope to qualify for Boston in my next marathon this fall.

No way I could do those things for 10 years before that. I hope you are lucky and you find things to make your life work without suffering, but if it becomes neccesary don't fight against it too hard. A friend waited so long the crohn's got to her organs and she couldn't have surgery and died. Be careful with your health.